In the 2025 Howloween Spooktacular, Lauren and JJ discuss the associations between black cats and Halloween, including the origins of black cat lore and black cats in popular culture.

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(2) Cat-Sith. (2025). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-s%C3%ACth. Accessed October 11, 2025.

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(4) Bedtime History. (2023). History of black cats and crows of Halloween [Podcast transcript]. https://bedtimehistorystories.com/history-of-black-cats-and-crows-of-halloween/. Accessed October 11, 2025.